PART I
Chiến tranh Việt Nam
sometimes you have to write
all the good stuff when you're young
because part of you knows
you won't be around to do it later on
that's one reason
i've held back for so long
i don't want to go anywhere
new right now
PART II
the american war
Life begins to happen
around 40,
for instance
the presidential race
lasted most of the weekend
and the winners and I
celebrated our
victory aboard the
USS enterprise
the whole crew was in attendance
lt. uhura handing out the "punch cards"
unable to approach her i left before the police showed up
captain kirk
struggling with
depression
in sick bay
his daughter elezra
by his side
weeping
the ship speeding
through endless space
inside the paramount pictures movie building
the useless lights of the ship's control system
blurred and blinking in the background
2 comments:
"I just wanna feel g-ood ~ I don't wanna hurt nobody, baby ~ I just wanna get a good time ~ Out of my life..."
But the truth is...
I was delightfully taken aback by the Vietnam War written in Vietnamese...was a nice touch. I left at the end of the war in 1975 so that part two could happen...for my life to really start in my 40s. The juxtaposition of the two reminded me where I came from and how I got here...thank you!
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